Spain · Cantabria
Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Área
262 species and 64,929 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February and September, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Puerto de Santoña2 km181 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Marisma de Colindres3 km189 species
- Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Canal de Boo y Marismas de Bengoa4 km206 species
- Ría de San Martín – EDAR Vuelta Ostrera45 km221 species
- Embalse del Ebro – Arija-Playas60 km193 species
- Urdaibai Reserva de la Biosfera – San Kristobal63 km229 species
All 262 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Razorbill Alca torda
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Great Tit Parus major
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Área?
December–February and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Área?
262 species, from 64,929 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel PNat – Área in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Spoonbill, Black-necked Grebe, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Wigeon and Eurasian Curlew.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.